Great Performances Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Considered the most dynamic young conductor in classical music since Bernstein, 28-year-old Gustavo Dudamel begins his tenure as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in fall 2009. In this program, learn more about Dudamel, the LA Philharmonic, composer John Adams, and see a movement from John Adams' "City Noir" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 1 in D major" performed at his inaugural concert. (51:41)Author(s): No creator set

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Six's Minimum and Maximum Thermometer This is a short, animated narrated video (03:50) that offers information about a special thermometer named after an eighteenth-century scientist named James Six.Author(s): No creator set

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Infrared Thermometers All thermometers are not created equal, especially when it comes to food. Learn more about infrared thermometers and how they work in this segment from Food Science. Run time 03:11.Author(s): No creator set

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Our World: The Importance of Spacesuits This NASA video segment explains how spacesuits keep astronauts safe while they are in space. Learn about different components of a spacesuit and the importance of each component. (02:51)Author(s): No creator set

Should We Be Afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood? - The Arab Revolutions with Professor Allen Should the west be afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood's role in the Arab revolutions? Professor Allen provides some insight and analysis.
Dr. Roger Allen has been an Arabic language and literature professor at the University of Pennsylvania since 1968. This position is the oldest professorial post in Arabic in the United States, dating back to 1788.
In this series of videos produced by the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Allen provides context and analysis of the Arab revolutions sweeping AfricaAuthor(s): No creator set

Changing Values for a Just and Sustainable World [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Peter Singer | We live in a world of great affluence as well as extreme poverty, and in which the rich nations play a disproportionate role in changing the planet's climate, from which the poor will suffer most. What values would best guide us to a more just and sustainable world? Can we realistically expect them to be put into practice?Author(s): No creator set

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The First Legacy Games: the physical and socio-economic transformation of East London [Audio] Speaker(s): Andrew Altman; Councillor Paul Brickell; Professor Ricky Burdett; Roger Taylor | This event explores the planning and physical development of the Olympic Park after the 2012 games as well as the wider socio-economic benefits the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are bringing. Andrew Altman is chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company. Paul Brickell is executive member for Olympics and public affairs at Newham council and chief executive of Leaside Regeneration. Ricky BurdettAuthor(s): No creator set

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Revisiting the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain: the Parekh Report 10 years on [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh | A decade after the groundbreaking Runnymede Trust 'Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain' report, its chair, Lord Parekh, revisits the issues of race equality and multiculturalism in Britain. Bhikhu Parekh is emeritus fellow of political theory at the University of Hull and a fellow of the British Academy.Author(s): No creator set

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A Shadow of Its Former Self? Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's Education System [Audio] Speaker(s): Peter Godwin | Peter Godwin is an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, documentary-maker and screen writer. After practicing human rights law in Zimbabwe, he became a foreign and war correspondent, and has reported from over 60 countries, including wars in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kashmir and the last years of apartheid South Africa. He served as East European correspondent and Diplomatic correspondent Author(s): No creator set

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3.2.1 Ever-changing labels Care is needed at all stages of life. This unit makes care in the family its focus because the overwhelming majority of care, including health care, is supplied in families, much of it in private, much of it unnoticed and unremarked upon. The meaning of the term (informal carer) and the word (care) itself are explored.Author(s): The Open University

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Boiler Bytes: Spring Fling 2011 Several thousand faculty, staff and retirees enjoyed Spring Fling, the annual employee appreciation event held this year on May 19.
Entertainment, including karaoke, yard games and various activities, kept attendees engaged throughout the afternoon. Some enjoyed the sun, the fitness walk, the vehicle show and bingo, among other events.
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/faculty_staff_news/2011/110526_SpringThanks.htmlAuthor(s): No creator set

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Horizon to full Galaxy This is a conceptual animation of the Milky Way Galaxy.Author(s): David Leisawitz,Edgar Russell

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Images of Earth and Space: The Role of Visualization in NASA Science This compilation video contains visualizations of Earth and Space Sciences resulting from supercomputer models. The excerpted visualizations include: Ocean Planet, El Nino, Ozone 1991, Clouds, Changes in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Biosphere, Lunar Topography from the Clementine Mission, Musculoskeletal Modeling Dynamic Simulations, Simulations of the Breakup and Dynamical Evolution of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, Convective Penetration in Stellar Interiors, Topological Features of a Compressible Plasma VorAuthor(s): No creator set

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My Mechanical Ear Can Hear! Students are introduced to various types of hearing impairments and the types of biomedical devices that engineers have designed to aid people with this physical disability.Author(s): No creator set

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Changing Fields This lesson begins with an activity in which students induce EMF in a coil of wire using magnetic fields. Then, demonstrations on Eddy currents show how a magnetic field can slow magnets just as Eddy currents are used to slow large trains. There is then a demonstration in which a loop "jumps" because of a changing magnetic field. Finally, formal lecture reviews the cross product with respect to magnetic force and introduces magnetic flux, Faraday's law of Induction, Lenz's Law, Eddy currents, moAuthor(s): Eric Appelt